Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "", composed by Giovanni Pelli, with lyrics by Sanzio Chiesa, and performed by Anita Traversi. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision Regional selections The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1964. The national final was a collaboration between three broadcasters that comprised SRG SSR: the Swiss-German and Romansh broadcaster (SF DRS), the Swiss-French broadcaster (TSR), and the Swiss-Italian broadcaster (TSI). Since , unlike previous Swiss national finals, where all composite broadcasters internally selected their entries, said broadcasters could hold their own regional selection methods. (SF DRS) held a public preselection, while the remaining regional broadcasters internally selected their entries.
Swiss-German selection Between late December and early January, listeners of were invited to act as a jury and would register to vote by sending postcards to Radio Studio Basel in Novastrasse marked "" with their favorite song written down. The event was broadcast on radio on 6 January at 20:00 CET (19:00 UTC) and was hosted by A. Werner. The nine candidate songs were sung by , Hugo Richard, and Ulla Rafaël with and accompanying the orchestra. Two songs would be chosen to advance in the nationwide final; the song with the most postcard votes and the song chosen by an "expert" jury.
On 13 January, it was revealed that the winning songs were "" by and "" by Ulla Rafaël. Further details of the event, including the full results and remaining song titles remain unknown.
Six songs took part in the selection, with two songs being performed each in French, German, and Italian. Six artists took part to represent Switzerland, among whom was Anita Traversi; who previously represented .
Swiss German and Romansh broadcaster (SF DRS) staged the national final on 8 February 1964 at 20:20 CET (19:20 UTC) in Zürich. It was presented by Heidi Abel, Francis Bernier, and .
The voting consisted of three regional juries from Bern, Lausanne, and Lugano, with nine members each. Each juror would give 3 points to their favorite song, 2 to their second favorite, and 1 to their third favorite. The jurors disregarded the songwriters in favor of the quality of the songs and the validity of the lyrics.
The winner was the song "" composed by Giovanni Pelli, written by Sanzio Chiesa, and performed by Anita Traversi, which was favored by the Bernese jury. It is reported that the song "" by Jean-Pierre & Nathalie received at least 31 points— 19 from the Lausanne jury and 12 from Lugano. + Final – 8 February 1964 Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Place Composer Lyricist 1 Anita Traversi "" Italian Sanzio Chiesa 3 2 "" German rowspan=2 colspan="2" rowspan="4" 3 Jean-Pierre & Nathalie "" French 4 Ulla Rafaël"" German Renato Bui Kai Schwindt 5 Jo Roland "" French colspan="2" 6 Anita Traversi "" Italian Giovanni Pelli Sanzio Chiesa 1
At Eurovision At the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 in Copenhagen, the Swiss entry was the fourteenth song of the night following and preceding . The Swiss entry was conducted by Fernando Paggi, who previously conducted the and was the musical director for the 1956 contest and conducted several songs. At the close of voting, Switzerland had received nul points along with , , and .
Voting Each participating broadcaster assembled a ten-member jury panel. Every jury member could distribute 9 points in 3 different ways depending on how the jurors voted; 5, 3, and 1 points to their 3 favorite songs, 6 and 3 points to their 2 favorite songs, or 9 points to a single song.
Points awarded to Switzerland Switzerland did not receive any points in the contest.
+ Points awarded by Switzerland Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point
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